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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Tar Heels have all the mo’ in Motown

I gotta admit, I was starting to drink the punch like everyone else and starting to think that this had all the components of the Villanova/Georgetown upset. That despite getting blown out in their first meeting that the Spartans were a different team, rested, motivated, with 60,000 supporters at their back, ready to give us one of the most memorable tournament finals in history on the 30 year anniversary of night that began their history. Surely this was fate, karma, prophecy, and destiny, but someone forgot to tell North Carolina as the ‘Heels handed out a beatdown that worse than the 300 Spartans received at the hands of the Persians. At least that band of brothers won a couple of skirmishes before succumbing to the pressure, this group simply froze in the Detroit snow and on the big stage at one point having more turnovers than points in the first half. Facing the biggest half-time deficit in the history of the NCAA tournament the last hope of the State faithful, and holders of the ‘nose bleed’ seats that they purchased/were given just to say they were there, had quickly diminished as the Spartans were down 16, with the ball and a chance to make Roy Williams call a timeout, promptly turned the ball over on consecutive trips, bringing the lead back to 20 and it was time to go back out into the snow. But enough of the failings of the Green Army and more of the domination of Carolina Blue, as the team that finished the year where it started, at number one, looked like they had been there before, exerting the pressure rather than being overwhelmed by it. It was clear they were on a mission to take the crowd out of the game early, put their foot on the necks of the Spartans and not let them back up. Lead by Tyler Hansbrough’s leadership, who would not let them get rattled as the Spartans took the floor, to a roar louder than what the Lion’s receive, or parlay it into some early game momentum. The Tar Heels compellation of talent who under the admission of Tom Izzo, “had more NBA ready players”, provided ‘psycho T’ with the championship ring (dividend check) he returned to Chapel Hill for his Senior season for. Kudos to Roy and the ‘Heels as they climb the ladder of NC’s with their sites on Kentucky, the next in line, perhaps it will be another 23 years to our next ‘feel good’ championship story. See all the NCAA, NBA and other Hoop news on the Smacchat Basketball Home Page.

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